The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen LIM Homeobox 5 across different species:

LIM homeobox 5 (LHX5), LIM homeobox 5 (lhx5), LIM homeobox 5 (Lhx5), LIM homeobox protein 5 (Lhx5), LIM homeobox protein 5 (LOC100356586)

Other aliases include:

MGC129689, lim5, MGC109837, Xlim5, MGC79961, lim5/Lhx5, LHX5, MGC165790, xlim-5, xlim-2a, Lim2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen LIM Homeobox 5:

LIM homeobox protein 5 – LIM/homeobox protein Lhx5 – homeobox protein LIM-5 – homeobox protein LIM-2 – xLIM-5 – xLIM-2A – LIM class homeodomain protein – LIM homeobox 5 – LIM/homeobox protein Lhx5-like – LIM homeo box protein 5

LIM Homeobox 5 fulfills a number of functions:

metal ion binding – sequence-specific DNA binding – transcription factor activity – zinc ion binding – DNA binding – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity – transcription regulator activity

LIM Homeobox 5 is relevant to the following processes:

cerebellar Purkinje cell differentiation – cerebellar Purkinje cell-granule cell precursor cell signaling involved in regulation of granule cell precursor cell proliferation – cerebellum development – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – eye development – forebrain development – multicellular organismal development – regulation of transcription – transcription – cell proliferation in forebrain – cell-cell signaling – forebrain neuron differentiation – hippocampus development – regulation of cell proliferation

Locations for LIM Homeobox 5:

nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology